no, MJ was a tiny, pinched, vagina-like asshole -- like an old white percoset-addicted rich lady that he was !!!

Bravo, Chaunce! I don't agree with everything you said, but I totally agree with the tone. You will catch hell for this, but you are right about Jackson's sickness. His personal life is not to be celebrated!!!

And did Chaunce have the nerve to say any of this when jackson was alive or did he wait for the body to turn cold?

Oooo...this is provocative...NOT!!

This is merely a rant because he assumes we've collectively lost our minds..NOT

Not to mention the fact that the dead cannot sue.

This is appalling! (Loved it.)

No where in the piece does he mention the 10s of millions of dollars MJ routinely gave to charity.

Sure, Michael was most likely an abuser. But child sexual abuse is most traumatic when it comes from a trusted family member: father, uncle, stepfather.

MJ was always more like a fellow buddy and littermate to these kids. We all know that he underwent incredible abuse as a child himself and it arrested his development.

It appears the molestation MJ carried out was more like two little kids playing doctor and harmlessly fondling each other. YES, it's a crime and he should be punished, but MJ isn't the abhorrent human this guy makes him out to be.

He forgot to add a line about the mothers of Jacko's boyfriend/victims -- lounging by the pool, earplugs and blinders firmly in place, gold jewelry glinting in the sun, their paid-off, pastel Mercedes standing by to take them to Rodeo Drive so they can exchange their blood money for diamonds at Cartier and dresses at Chanel.

another question raised by Dan's comment is since when do pedophiles get a free pass? What is this, France? How about children's rights not to be fiddled with and have their childhoods ruined? Just because old Joe beat little "Bambi" does not mean Bambi gets to fellate preteen boys all his life!!

"He was more like a fellow buddy"? Huh? You're making excuses for pedpohiles? And how do YOU know just what they did behind closed doors? According to that book that was published underground, it was way more than just "playing doctor".

Chaunce is right, and the longer the over-the-top mourning goes on, the more you're going to hear others say similar things.

When Jackson died, it was really sad for the first day or two, but after a couple of days of listening to drivel about how saintly he was, I began to remember how much I couldn't stand either him or his music since the late 80's.

I don't think the shit has even begun to hit the fan in this story. Wait til people feel enough time has passed for them to come out and tell what they know. Chaunce's just helping to open the door for reality to return.

Btw, I had also forgotten that Jackson's creepy fans were the original Claymates. Only more deluded.

I think the judgemental jerk who wrote this does not know the value of an artist especialy an artist this sublime. Mr Hayden jumps to condemn MJ for the criminal activities he suspects were commited. I will praise MJ for sharing his Magic with the world.

Thank fucking Christ someone else thinks Michael Jackson is better off dead. Its pathetic how people rejoice his life. His whole family is screwed up and its sad that his music was even played.

I have long believed, after seeing the movie "Farinelli" that Michael was/is a castrato. I'd like to see the autopsy report to confirm if he indeed had testicles, it would make a lot of sense of the whole sick life he led. His Father is as pathetic.

Good riddance to bad rubbish. I hope young people everywhere will forget he ever existed.

The only reason people are purging their emotions this way is because they CAN:
Michael is dead, therefore, no more unbelievably creepy and inappropriate situations with children that seemed to come in five year cycles.
The grooves will live on, but expect America to have to deal with its shadow self (via Michael) VERY soon when truth surfaces about his sick personal life (again). Michael played the victim card to continue his rage-soaked abuse, and it's unappealing to see in an adult man (or woman).
Dan's comments above are beyond disturbing. Dan, Quit bending your mind into a pretzel to excuse a very conscious and aggressive MAN who seemed to bone up over little boys. Time to check yourself.
The mothers of MJ's victims should also be held as accomplices to child rape. All the adults seemed more than complicit.
One thing - okay he loved 'sleepovers' etc, but why couldn't other adults be present for them? Why couldn't LaToya grab a sleeping bag and hang out?
It IS amazing to see how easily bewitched the American public can be.
However, in summation, his death has only allowed possible the ability to see how funky and groovy his shit really was/is.

Perfect! It's what I've been saying about that freak since last Thursday.

My big takeaway from Chaunce Hayden's rant:

"Let's face it; Michael, for all intent and purpose, had left the human race years ago as he morphed into one of his Thriller video characters before our very eyes."

Altogether too true.

As for Monsieur Jackson's musical "genius", I think I'll go back to my Couperin, thank you very much.

Hello "IPreferPrince"

There is nothing pretzel about it. It's called looking at the complexities of a particular case and applying logic, intelligence and pragmatism, something judges do every day in our nation's court rooms.

Try it some time.

Why do the parents keep on pimping their children to him knowing what he is.

These parents are the bigger criminals.

Funny how my comments never show up....wow.

Hey Dan, how long have you been a NAMBLA member?

He is innocent... So wtv, he is the King and will live forever through his music... He did not touch those kids... Everybody wants a payday...

If he's a pedophile, then we are all better off without him...but you are a loser too. You lack grace, class and who knows what else.

I heard like four of his fans committed suicide when they found out he died. Only a few million more to go. What gets me is my African American friends who keep defending him when he spent the majority of his adulthood becoming a rich white woman. Seriously? What am I missing here?

I grew up listening to the music (same age as Michael and I am a female). I have always been a fan, I have bought every album that came out. I never went negative on Michael, I always appreciated his talent. I never believed the crap. And hasn't that kid Jordie Chandler recanted what he said in the last few days. The people that wanted to hate him, will. The people that loves his music will continue to do so. All these people on this sight writing all this crap about Michael had no personal knowledge of anything only rumour,innuendo, press reports, vultures looking to make money and unnamed sources. I'm sure most of you have never had any article written about you in the paper and I have. You know what,although the article was positive, the writer couldn't get his facts together. Can you imagine a negative article? So many have been written about Michael. So just remember that you when read something in the paper. Stop being such vicious queens!

@Steve

Your Black friends defend him because we never believed all that crap written about him, unlike you white people.

Jordy Chandler did not recant. Pls show me one place where the "recant" story is verified. Jordy gave a detailed statement to the police who were able to confirm that Jordy correctly identified a mark on Jackson's penis. Jordy still doesn't talk to his mother, who basically turned a blind eye after Jacko paid her off. If you read Jordy's sworn affidavit, which you can find on the smoking gun, it will make you sick to your stomach. I liked Jackson's music too, just like I liked Woody Allen's movies. That was then. I'm white like Woody but the last thing I would do is defend him simply because he's white. He's a pedophile just like Jackson was. What's your logic?

Too bad he was really just a good guy

At last someone has the guts to unmask this pedophile. All the weeping and wailing about his demise and not a word about those he has permanently damaged. I had begun to lose faith in people who were worshiping such a contemptible person just because he had the ability to amuse them.

So tell us how you really feel.

Mr. Musto, I have been reading your column since back in my young days of the 90's and enjoyed your writings and wit. However, I'm so disappointed you provided an outlet for a HACK like Chaunce Hayden, a man who is so desperate to be relevant to New York and more importantly, THE WORLD! Chaunce and his "paper blog", Steppin Out, rode Howard Stern's coattails with Chaunce calling in to the show, kissing Stern's feet. However, since Stern was never interested in making Chaunce a star, eventually he stuck the shiv in Stern's back trying to provoke a WAR OF WORDS, in hope of getting some press. DIDN'T WORK , DID IT CHAUNCE?!! Now, this HACK figures he will slaughter sacred cows and I don't mean Michael Jackson, I'm talking about the whole "put him out of his misery years ago" part. Chaunce is hoping that by "WISHING DEATH ON AN ICON, the Jackson family will respond and then E! will ask him for an interview, then VH 1 will give him a show etc. Chaunce, you are a nobody....accept it!

jealous white crack queens! long live the king of pop!

I totally agree with this entire article. Not only do I believe he was a pedophile, but he Bald-faced lied to the world about fathering those kids. And then he didn't even have enough sense to adopt them! What an idiot.

I wonder if Ms. Hayden will sling the same vitriol at Woody Allen and Roman Polansky when they kick the bucket. Especially since their crimes were proven.

Michael was a very creative and talented pedophile.

forget chauncey - on a much lighter note:
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Mark Steel: The macabre details of Michael Jackson's death
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One reporter told us the news from LA was 'truly a JFK moment'
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http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/mark-steel/mark-steel-the-macabre-details-of-michael-jacksons-death-1726054.html

We must be aware that it is the intention of media and most whites in American to discount the contribution that any Afro American makes. The daliences and mistakes of whites are forgiven and any indiscretion a black makes is used to discount their legacy. It is all ok. Remember the United States was and is a racist county. The Consitituion supported slavery. Most every country in Euroope was involved in the slave trade and had colonies that African slaves worked. Don't expect centuries of racism to be forgotten because Michael Jackson sold 750 million records, Michael Jordan was a great basketball player, Tiger Woods is the number one Golfer and Obama was elected president.

he was acquitted by a jury of his peers, so technically speaking he's as much a pedoophile as you are.

"It is the intention of most whites to discount the contributions of African Americans."

Huh? Michael Jackson scrubbed away at his own blackness to make himself white. And WE'RE the ones who are making African Americans invisible?

"He's as much a pedophile as you are." No, he's not!! I don't know about you, but I was never brought before a jury of my peers at all! And I never wrote checks to other accusers to shut them up!!! There WERE no other accusers.

I honestly didn't know this much hate exists in people. GOD bless and RIP MJ....

Isn't it funny, you take all that energy, type up all that hate and people still say, "Long live the KING & RIP MJ" Don't you feel like an idiot? LMAO Dumb-DUMB BTW, I didnt read 95% of it. Powerful, I am.

"We must be aware that it is the intention of media and most whites in American to discount the contribution that any Afro American makes."

Care to cite some examples?

"The daliences and mistakes of whites are forgiven and any indiscretion a black makes is used to discount their legacy."

Care to cite some examples?

"It is all ok. Remember the United States was and is a racist county."

As evidenced by your racist spewage.

"The Consitituion supported slavery. Most every country in Euroope was involved in the slave trade and had colonies that African slaves worked."

Slaves that were bought from Africans who sold their own tribespeople and their neighbors...and CONTINUE TO DO SO TODAY. You may have missed the news, but slavery ended here a few years ago. But it continues in Africa to this day, dumbass. Have you done anything about that?

"Don't expect centuries of racism to be forgotten because Michael Jackson sold 750 million records, Michael Jordan was a great basketball player, Tiger Woods is the number one Golfer and Obama was elected president."

Of course racism won't be forgotten because scum like you keep it alive as a means to excuse every misdeed and every failing in your life. Sometimes you don't get everything you want because you just SUCK. Yeah, just you.

How dare you lump Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods in with your self and the pedophile child molester Michael Jackson to lend yourselves credibilty. They don't know you and you have no connection to them other than YOUR RACIST lumping of everyone together based on skin color. You racist ass.

Sometimes you just gotta look in your own backyard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfW9inRkTpU&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs%2Ecitypages%2Ecom%2Fblotter%2F2009%2F06%2Fgay%5Fman%5Fharasse%2Ephp&feature=player_embedded

I've looked at hate from both sides now.

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2009/06/gay-bashed_on_p.php

I think you share bed with him since you wrote this as if you knew, what a stupid asshole you are, I think the asshole of the week should go to you, you should at least be sensitive with MJ's fans, but you acted as a fucking idiot to get attention, at least have some respect you creepy little asshole, the world would mourn his dead but yours no one, so be careful with your words next time.

Fuck this guy. Michael was completely inocent and did nothing wrong now let the man rest in peace

Wow you are so edgy. Go jump off a cliff you worthless fuck, you want to know who is an asshole? You are. What do you have to show for your life? Being a talentless scumbag writer? Way to go moron.

Michael Jackson may have been many things but he was not an asshole or a child molester. He was proven to be not guilty. He had a fucked up life and many of his opinions on children were bizarre/weird no one is arguing with that but he was a nice man with a sweet soul and an easy target. He was nothing but persecuted and hated and a walking joke for over the last decades by cynical fucks like you but you know what? I'll be damned if I let scum like you sit here and trash him even in death and I know a few million fans who are with me.

The angry people commenting here don't even seem to realize that it's Chaunce Hayden who wrote that and it was simply pasted here.

You're a fucking idiot. Learn the facts, douchebag.

I feel sorry for you. What a sad life you must lead with all that hate in your heart.

As someone who knows, the parents that went after Michael Jackson were hungry for money, and it got them nowhere. Ask the kids.

As a fellow writer, I can see right through you. So so sad, little boy.

fuck you man. let the man rest in peace. you just have nothing else to write about and just want readers.

Finally someone willing to admit that Michael Jackson was what he was!

Thank you Chaunce Hayden whomever you are!

Wow its sad that you feel that way. No matter what this was someones son,father,brother. I feel sorry for you cause obviously something happen to you when you were little that you didnt get enough attention. Who are you to judge someone. Unless you knew him personally you have no right to talk.
Lets hope you find peace and happiness

Wow its sad that you feel that way. No matter what this was someones son,father,brother. I feel sorry for you cause obviously something happen to you when you were little that you didnt get enough attention. Who are you to judge someone. Unless you knew him personally you have no right to talk. This man gave so much money to help people out in the world. What have you done for humanity? Probably nothing at all.
Lets hope you find peace and happiness

What's the best way to get people to notice you when nobody gives a flying fuck about you.

Write a disguisting hate piece filled with lies.

Bravo Chaunce Hayden. Mission accomplished. You disguisting ATTENTION-WHORE.

Your an idiot.

There is no proof to most of that shit this person is saying. Another victory for free speech, I guess.

This article was a pathetic attempt at being controversial. Nothing more.

You stay classy Village Voice + Chaunce Hayden!
How about having a bit of compassion and sympathy for those poor children who lost their father? You know, the same children who are old enough to READ?? They are already having a hard enough time without a reporter like you adding on.

You are a really idiotic little man. Just wanting attention. Did you know MJ when he was alive? I don't think so. You're a nobody, a stupid little attetion loving hater. He was not guilty, he was just used for his money and fame just like his whole life. By people just like you, you heartless soul.

Really? Really? Michael, I'm disappointed that you gave this hack an outlet, not just because of the incredibly faulty logic of the column, but because of the ATROCIOUS content. Unless this weirdo has been molested by Michael himself, his words are filled with useless conjecture only tangentially related to any of the allegations levelled against Jackson. Allegations that, it bears repeating, were so flimsy that the California police department had to trash numerous locations to cull together enough evidence to convince a grand jury to indict the guy. It says nothing of the way the case fell embarassingly apart in the courtroom, what with the accuser and his mother admitting they had lied on the stand before in order to extort money from another wealthy benefactor, and with the videotape of the mother heaping piles of praise on Jackson for being so kind and generous not just to her ailing son, but to her entire family and to everyone else invited onto his property.

All Chaunce Hayden does is repeat the ridiculous accusations that were printed in the tabloids 4 years ago. Not a single word of original thought, and he didn't even take the time to look over the accusations and allegations himself. Just a really, really pathetic effort all around, and DEFINITLY not one worth giving a national voice. For fucking shame.

I can't believe they're going to let the Jacksons take those kids. I'd rather see Octo-mom raise them.

laLA mama says:
"He was more like a fellow buddy"? Huh? You're making excuses for pedpohiles? And how do YOU know just what they did behind closed doors? According to that book that was published underground, it was way more than just "playing doctor".

What underground book is that?

Thank you so much for publicly saying what most people are actually thinking.

He was not a God, and he should not be deified as one. He was screwed up, and his kids will be even more screwed up since they are now in the hands of the people that screwed their father up in the first place.

Kudos for speaking your mind.

You are a pathetic excuse for a journalist.

This Chaunce guy is the a**hole. He's making claims that were never proven about a person that is not alive to defend himself. MJ was guilty of being weird and inappropriate, and the fact that he was rich and famous made him the perfect person to be the target for a fraud scheme. The accusers parents were eventually arrested and convicted of welfare fraud. Read the court transcripts. Googling this Chaunce guy, you can see what complete trash he is. He shouldn't be so judgemental, he's not the least bit upstanding or moral, and he's definately not interesting.

francesco says:

another question raised by Dan's comment is since when do pedophiles get a free pass? What is this, France?

I don't understand why you say, what is this, France? do you think that pedophiles in France get a free pass?

I don't understand....please explain.

You are a disgusting piece of shit for writing this about someone that died. By the way, where did you find all these facts that spawned your hate? US World News Report? Village Voice should kick your deadbeat ass off its staff. Ugh. Is this what we have to endure? Some ahole that has a job writing to spew his shit? Power of the pen. Ugh ugh ugh. You're sick.

fucking yawn...

Thank You! Someone's said exactly what I've been thinking all along. Ugh.

Amen!

There's actually no proof that he molested those children. The first one who settled with Jackson fully admitted recently (after MJ died, of course) that he made the whole thing up.

And Chauncy Hayden, you are a miserable troll of a person and a total coward. This is coming from somebody who isn't that big of a Michael Jackson fan. I'd wish something horrible on you but your existence is pitiful enough already.

This is messed up, and even if you have your opinions, which are running off false facts, should have waited to post this horrible article in respect to his family and everyone else. Ridiculous, and i think the asshole of the week should you.

week should be you.*

Who the hell is Chaunce Hayden ANYWAY?

Yes, I googled him, and still found nothing that explains who he is nor what he does!?

THAT'S RIGHT. YOU'RE THAT IMPORTANT.

IM GLAD YOU WROTE THIS ARTICLE BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THAT CALLING SOMEONE A CHILD MOLESTER WAS THE NEW 'EDGY' THING TO DO.

CHILD MOLESTATION IS A VERY SERIOUS OFFENSE, AND LABELING SOMEONE THAT IS A DISGRACE.

OH AND I'M GLAD YOU CARE SO MUCH ABOUT HIS KIDS, BUT YOU LOVE DEGRADING THEIR FATHER...

THAT'S RIGHT AT THE END OF THE DAY MICHAEL FUCKING JACKSON IS STILL THEIR FATHER SO YOU SHOULD SHUT THE FUCK

I kind of think Chaunce is a good guy. He's very good looking. Extremely witty. He has an impressive resume of work and if that's not enough, he can touch his nose with his tongue. Stop trashing the poor guy. Fuck Michael. Vote Farrah!

Oh, and did I mention that Wacko's fans were the original Claymates? Crazy fucktards.

As a journalist I'm surprised at your inherent inability to discern fact from fiction. However, this is 2009, a year that blog writing and over-sensationalized media has become "news." Your writing is opinionated and you have a right to that perception, one that seethes with anger and bias. That same opinion however, does not contain fact, nor does it take into account that every individual is entitled to his or her own perception. You state that you are not buying into this hero worship, yet instead jump on a band wagon of opposite extremes. Ironically the reasons you chose to write this piece are from the same media and not from any known facts. It's almost comical if it weren't so poorly written and filled with fluff material. Per the writing itself, I would have held it in much higher regards & read it in depth if it held literary worth rather than accusations and the inability to think outside the box as a writer of merit. If you can't make your point without having to stoop to having to throw cuss words and assumed qualities, then your life as a writer is pretty much self explanatory. An expose' of opposite opinion would have been worth my time. Michael Jackson had his issues. I do not pretend otherwise, nor do I pretend that I knew him as an individual or form an opinion based on the media as a source. At the end of the day I think to myself that he was an icon as an artist who did revolutionalize the music world. As an individual I can't say who he was, what he was or the like. I simply didn't know him. God forbid, people don't judge. It's tiresome, self-serving and really, who cares? Life's too short to waste on all the negatives. Apparently for you

I really hope that when you all die, people say the same exact thing about you. Like your lives are SO incredibly perfect!

To the writer of this column: it's funny how no one knew who you were until you wrote this. Just another failed freelance writer riding on the coat tails of a story that he knows will get him his 15 minutes.

You try to sell that many records. And by the way, he was not guilty of those charges. Just in case you are unfamiliar with a trial, the jury consists of people just like you and me!

Fade back in to the shadows, loser.

I'm not even reading comments because I'm sure you're being bombarded with hate, but let me just say...THANK YOU. My thoughts exactly.

"You're an idiot."

Why are the Jacko fans who scream "moron" at other people almost always competely illiterate?

It's not hate, it's fact.

i gotta agree with this article.. MJ was a fuck up..
he fucked kids.. took too many drugs...
as Quincy Jones says "Clearly didn't want to be BLACK"
its all gonna come out...
the only reason he didn't get arrested is cuz the judge prolly thought OH ITS MJ he can get away with molesting a kid

it will all come out after his death
get ready to be disgraced jackson family

Oh you so edgy and different Chaunce, bet you feel like a real cool kid now getting all this attention hon!

Unitl you find indisputable proof that any of the crap you just spewed is true, it's be nice if you even tried to be a little respectful to the guy's family. They haven't even buried their son/brother/father yet!!

Looks like this Chaunce character forgot what the term 'conjecture' means because this article reeks of it. Hopefully he'll have his half-second in the spotlight before fading back into obscurity for eternity.

YOU FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT.

You clearly are a dense fucking rejected loser who wants attention. I could give you a fucking essay filled with FACTS on how Michael was NOT pedo, but that would be giving you the attention you DESPERATELY want.

Michael gave us "Thriller" "Off The Wall" "Bad" "Dangerous" etc.

What have you given us? Oh right, nothing.

MJ is an ICON and CAPTIVATED THE WORLD. you barely get an replies to your pathetic entries. I don't even know who the fuck you are to be honest, I found this posted on a blog "http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/36795882.html"

Maybe you'll have the balls to read comments from REAL people and not your 5 fans?

GET THE FUCK OUT.

When you die, no one will fucking care.

RIP MJ - THE LEGEND - THE KING OF POP.

Jessica, why don't you fill us in on the incontrovertible proof that Michael was NOT a pedo?

I'm sick of people spouting crap like they actually know what they're talking about. I probably no more about about this than you do. He WASN'T a pedophile; he didn't even match the bill. It angers me off that people like you parade around like they know what they're talking about, yet only take into play what the media has flashed in our faces, but completely disregard OTHER facts that have come out during or since the trial.

BOTH of the families had a history of falsifying crimes. The first family constantly changed it's story! One of the so-called victims even came forward and said that he was manipulated into saying that Michael had molested him. Not only that, but out of thousands and thousands of children, how in the heck do only TWO get molested? I'm sure that MORE than just TWO would have came forward during these trials if Michael was actually a pedophile. And yet, all we got were to greedy families that exploited an innocent man just get a paycheck.

HE WASN'T A PEDOPHILE. They raided his house during both allegations and found NOTHING. Absolutely nothing. They found regular heterosexual porn like hustler magazine. There were never any other children who came forward other than these two people whose families were greedy extortionists. Usually when someone is accused of molesting a child, tons of others come forth and corroborate (i.e. the catholic church scandal).

When a psychiatrist evaluated MJ in 2005 he stated emphatically that he did NOT fit the profile of a pedophile, but that of a regressed 10 year old boy.

And then when one family was offered 22 million, they took it and didn't even bother to pursue justice anymore. What, but doesn't that tell you something JUST wasn't right? All of it was a LIE. And they ruined this man's life with their lies! All lies, lies, lies! You call MJ lovers mindless sheep, but you're the one being the mindless sheep.

Try again.

We'll never know how many kids were abused since Michael paid off most of them before it could come to light.

PS: Most of you who are screeching "He was not a pedophile" are the same ones who used to attack anyone who said Michael wasn't the biological father of his kids.

"Mixed race kids can come out light, and Michael would never lie..." blah blah.

Niiice. I agree with every word. But there's no reasoning with his idiotic "fans". Like the pathetic sheep who offed themselves, the apologists will continue to try to whitewash (pun intended) history.

I wonder how many of these fans would have no problem leaving their kids alone with Wacko Jacko for an hour or two. Anybody going to call up Jackass to babysit? I'm sure there will be many who say, "Sure!" But I think we all know that when it came down to it, a responsible parent wouldn't allow their kid within a mile of this ghoul.

But I guess there are still the truly inept who believe that OJ is innocent. Some people are just too stupid to bother with.

lol. Did this fool forget that the first kid who accused MJ of molestation came out and admitted that he lied, and that he was found innocent the second time?

I'm not making MJ out to be some saint, or worshipping the ground he walked on as if he was a God or something, but there's no denying the contributions he's made to popular music.

Some people probably forget that, and take their admiration for his music way too far with all that shaking and crying bs, but damn Chaunce that ain't all of us.

What happened to innocent until proven guilty? Oh thats right, he was proven Innocent!

You have set out much more eloquently and articulate my exact same views.

It's obvious, none of us here can prove the TRUTH - including the asshole who ejaculated this absurd article.

So, for "Argument's Sake" - Let's just say he was a borderline Pedophile (I say "borderline" because these are all accusations of what's been read & heard from media), and we are all simply "accusing" he is a weirdo (therefore, he must've done it).

So anyway, even if he *was* (by suspicion or accusation), in reality - ACTUAL Pedophiles don't even get bashed in this fashion. They get treated, barred or simply sent back into your white-picket-fence neighborhoods.

Say all you want, people. Whether you like it or not - He is still who he is - AN ICON of a generation who will be remembered, praised & become a page in our music history. And for that, he is still better than you. Yeah, YOU.

Even *IF* he WAS a pedophile - he will still go down in music history & be remembered for his talents.
And again, for that, he is still better than you - Yeah, YOU.

Whether he deserved to be dead or not. Whether he is an asshole or not - Really, Who cares! The man is dead.

While most of us will wallow back into our dark corners or die of some horrible death ourselves eventually, very much likely leaving nothing behind for anyone to remember, but your ungrateful grandchildren (fighting over your 5$ estate).
Guess what? MICHAEL STILL GETS THE LAST LAUGH.

"Opinions are like Assholes - Everyone's Got One."
Yeah, you heard right. - WE ARE ALL ASSHOLES.
At least Michael was a VERY TALENTED, SEDUCTIVE & INFLUENTIAL ASSHOLE - LOVED by More, than Less.

Try to find the book "Michael Jackson Was My Lover: The Secret Diarieis of Jordie Chandler" by Victor Gutierrez.

It's hard to find for obvious reasons, but it tells and SHOWS all!!

@testral

That's right. Buy into "The Secret Diaries of Jordie Chandler" by A Money Hungry Journalist-Loser.

This video says it all. Seriously.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lVUvOLdg50

I wonder if Chaunce Hayden has an education. I wonder if Chaunce has much money in his bank account. I wonder if Chaunce has ever done anything wrong. I wonder if Chaunce has ever fondled a little boy. I wonder if the little boy ever told anybody. I wonder if the little boy will continue to keep his mouth shut. I wonder how Chaunce can sleep at night. I wonder if Chaunce realizes the severity of his allegations about MJ. I wonder what motivates Chaunce. Just wondering.

"I wonder if Chaunce Hayden has an education."

Michael Jackson sure as hell didn't.

"I wonder if Chaunce has much money in his bank account."

Michael Jackson sure as hell didn't.

"I wonder if Chaunce has ever done anything wrong."

Michael Jackson did.

"I wonder if Chaunce has ever fondled a little boy."

Michael Jackson did.

"I wonder if the little boy ever told anybody."

Several of Michael Jackson's did.

Yawn...you MJ freaks are dumb and boring. And depressing, actually.

@Cha Cha Walters:

"I wonder if Chaunce Hayden has an education."

Michael Jackson sure as hell didn't.

"I wonder if Chaunce has much money in his bank account."

Michael Jackson sure as hell didn't.

"I wonder if Chaunce has ever done anything wrong."

Michael Jackson did.
[Pfft. Please DO NOT Capitalize on things you do not know for fact.]

"I wonder if Chaunce has ever fondled a little boy."

Michael Jackson did.
[REALLY? Where you there to witness this?]

"I wonder if the little boy ever told anybody."

Several of Michael Jackson's did.
[SEVERAL? You mean, 2 likely very money/fame hungry vultures] - Just like Chaunce.

Yawn...you MJ freaks are dumb and boring. And depressing, actually.
[FACT: 3/4 of the Human population, is pretty dumb & boring.]

Would you do some goddamned research before you post such hateful bullshit. Anything to be contrary, as though it made this trash interesting.

u should fuck off and die Chaunce!!!!

congrats with you're 15 minutes of fame , this is your peak enjoy it , loser.

I couldn't agree with you more and I am soooo tired of hearing about him. He was a pedophile or a pedophile wanna be. Music or not the world is better off without him.

Michael Jackson fans are dumb psychos.

i thought nyc was place for psychos not barnyard animals like cha cha walters!

Michael Jackson fans are the type who still think Liberace was straight. They're the kind of people who will drop off their sons to Neverland and not even think of asking for the hush money later. Real dummos.

latenitebump drunkenly typed in from inside his box over a heating grate on the floor of the Bed Stuy library basement:

"i thought nyc was place for psychos not barnyard animals like cha cha walters!"

Such eloquence and wit! Are you sure you don't want to throw in your usual racial slur for emphasis?

Whoever said MJ fans were dumb psychos seems to have been on to something.

If Michael Jackson had been a convicted pedophile, I wouldn't mind the haters so much. The problem is, they present their theory that he was a pedophile based on zero facts. The man was found not guilty in one case, and in the first case, they have the father of the child claiming he was doing it for money on tape.

A respectable journalist doesn't go around spreading libelous bs. The types of journalists that do that, they work for the Globe.

So Chaunce needs to go and apply for a position at the Globe, or shut his pie hole. I mean he can't hide behind the first amendment. The first amendment doesn't protect libelous/slanderous comments.

Hitler was never convicted of anything either, does that mean he was innocent too? Should we not disparage him? He and Michael Jackson are probably discussing this right now.

@Oh, poor foolish Osiris

Hitler? OMG, Hitler had NUMBEROUS witnesses/reports/documents over his actions. And by NUMBEROUS - I mean, millions who can "PROVE" what he did, signed, commanded. Even recorded footage, speech over his action. Hello.!? They didn't have any time to convict the coward who took his own life before anyone was able to do anything.

@Money

Nah, Hitler was never convicted in a court of law, so he's innocent just like Jacko. The people who said bad things about Hitler were just jealous of his fame and his moustache. OMG, there were "numberous" witnesses against Jackson too, only he bought them off. Hello!? Then the coward took his own life before anyone was able to do anything. Now he's Moonwalking with Adolph. :(

@Money

Nah, Hitler was never convicted in a court of law, so he's innocent just like Jacko. The people who said bad things about Hitler were just jealous of his fame and his moustache. OMG, there were "numberous" witnesses against Jackson too, only he bought them off. Hello!? Then the coward took his own life before anyone was able to do anything. Now he's Moonwalking with Adolph. :(

@Oh, poor foolish Poster:

There were only 2 accusers of MJ. Both trialed & apparently didn't sum up to the accusations. 1 OPENLY gave up recently about his lies. 2nd, by Juror, given benefit of the doubt. Regardless to whether MJ is innocent or not, the bottom line is - there were no creditable proofs.

But via your argument - Adolf innocent?
LAUGH_OUT_LOUD!

I rest my case. Your comment isn't even worth further replies.

Man, is everyone STILL having diarrhea over this??

PEOPLE. PEOPLE. PLEASE... GET A LIFE.

Right, we get it. He may or may NOT have been a borderline Pedophile. But the man is dead, so really, who gives a shit now? Certainly not the two children who accused of his molestation (might I add, are young adults today). They sure haven't stepped up to the plate either.

And for that, MJ is better than you. Yeah, YOU.

There were more than two accusers.

There were more than two payoffs.

Jordy Chandler has NOT said that he lied, that is a lie spread by Jacksons pedophilic fans.

What is your first language? It's obviously not English.

You're not Hitler in hiding, are you? They say you're a big Jacko fan.

@Oh, poor foolish-

Your comparison of MJ to Hitler is the same as one questioning, "Why was Michael Jackson accused of paedophilia and why wasn't Jesus?"

Way to go!I couldn't have said it better myself!

Much as I liked Michael Jackson as a kid I can't overlook some things. Seems like he had a history of it as well.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/06/28/first-target-of-michael-jackson-s-obsession-with-boys-says-what-he-did-was-wrong-but-i-forgive-him-115875-21476871/

I'm finding rabid Michael Jackson fans quite scary. Many of them are born after Thriller. They don't really understand the influences that made him or his background, it's as if they exist in some la la land. They really think he's bullet-proof. That he only had two surgeries, never wore wigs, lipstick, some are still believing the kids are biologically his. They think his weirdness is 'cute'.

They are willing to believe an obvious fake confession by Jordan Chandler put online, without second checking everything, and spread it like wildfire on the Internet, across Twitter, YouTube, every trashy blog out there. Weird and stupid.

Making him into a saint or hero, or greatest human being who ever lived given his questionable lifestyle, is sickening and wrong. Why can't we give credit to the real role models in society?

Why can't we give credit to the real role models in society?

Because they also lead a very twisted, sexual & abusive lifestyle. ;-)

Of coarse this turned racial, the racial angle is old try something new,let the man rest in peace if he did anything wrong leave it to gods judgement . There are other things going on in the world like the war and young soldiers loosing there lives everyday

My sentiments to the letter. Might I add to those who tell us that he himself was abused as a child. It's no excuse, is used as an excuse and nine times out of ten is a lie. Had you been seriously abused as a child then it's the last thing you would wish upon another innocent victim.

Something which still deeply disturbs me about Jackson. There were always whispers of other victims who were too embarressed or intimidated to come forward. And people who received nasty threats if they spoke up.

Like OJ, he got away with it and was lucky. Because of who he was, and because he had money to buy people off. Nobody wanted to believe that cute Michael would do such things. It was quite clear to all that he was seriously disturbed, yet everyone just looked the other way.

He was perhaps the most talented child performer ever. Later he had some disco hits, some clever dance moves, and a few flashy videos. Then proceeded to carve up his face and turn into some mutant in front of our very eyes. But where was his, say, 'American Trilogy'? His 'Imagine'? Everything he did was light and frothy.

I grew up with Thriller, I really wanted him to be innocent, and in the end I felt very let down. As a young man, he had loads of charisma, he could have used that influence for so much good but instead turned it on star struck victims in Neverland. I am hoping that now the real truth can finally come out.

thank you Chaunce for this article/ Michael Jackson was a loser. He called Jews leeches, even though Debby Rowe, Liz Taylor and his lawyer are Jewish. He dissed Tommy Mottola, a great producer who helped jackson, by calling him a racist. He owed 500 million dollars at the time of his death. He did not take proper care of his exotic pet animals by failing to report who he gave them to when he gave them up.
As I recall, many Blacks reviled him during his life for the bleach job and for self-hatred of being black.
The man was a good entertainer. Leave it at that.

Never cared for the guy, but absolutely - positively wouldn't leave MY kids with this guy - ever. And Chauce is right - people chose to ignore this circus freak and his perversions just like people ignore every other celebrity freak-show out there. WE create the Michael Jacksons of the world, and the Britneys and the Angelinas ...

Who is this guy kidding? MJ was never convicted of anything. And so what if he abused pills or whatever, like he is the first rock star to do that. And furthermore, who are any of us to judge him? Walk in his shoes and tell me you wouldnt be a little screwed up. No childhood to speak of, abusive father, family who perpetually leeched off of him and still does so after his death. Because of his own obscurity he made himself a target for extortion and that is his own fault. Bad judgement on his part led to him being accused of molestation. The guy opened his home and wallet to help kids have a good childhood, he should have been more proactive in making visits supervised, thats his only "crime". People who know him all say that he never could be guilty of hurting a child and I would take their word over some money grubbing extortionist family who pimped their kids in order to strike it rich. Bottom line is, the guy was a weirdo but most genius' are infact that, weird. You cannot underestimate his importance and impact on our culture and no matter what your opinion of him is, you cannot dispute that fact. R.I.P. MJ

Jordan Chandler the first kid to say he was molested did confirm that he lied. He said that his father made him lie because he wanted money. Which in turn only confirms what the law had already ruled on he was INNOCENT!! If he wasn't innocent how come they could never find anything to prove him guilty with?

I have to put in my opinion. I honestly believe Michael's so called weirdness was brought on by his solitude caused by his fame. He could not go anywhere or do anything that a normal person could, or that fear built up in him over the years to the point of neurotic. Over the years I believe this solitude brought on rather quirky behavior.

It has been documented that Michael did not like his face since he was a teenager and started getting vitoligo.

If you look at Disney's Peter Pan, Michael started to really resemble the character. He did in fact think of himself as Peter Pan,ie, neverland, a place for children to be children.He prefered to be a child himself, and let's face it,he had the money to do it.

I do not and never have believed he molested children. I just think when he got in that world of adolescence, he acted like a kid
Cmon everyone had sleep overs when they were young. That didnt mean we were gropiing at each other.

It is VERY apparent, there were money grubbers out there. I believe someone wanted to bring Jackson down because he was so wealthy and they found his achilles heal.

At first I believed Jackson died from an assisted suicide, but then they said he collapsed in front of his son. I think he had woken up from the Diprovan and that the other drugs had interfered and cause his heart attack.

Thank you!!

I must say that between Obama and MJ we have been on the ethnic track to hell without the handbasket. All the reverse crackers of this world need to wake up and talk to the white man in charge.

And how do we be now?

He was acquitted! While you are a ridiculous, rotten and disgusting! You are a nobody .... accept it!

kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

Asshole, nor have its 15m of fame!

Your moral and character without!

If I remember correctly all these children had parents ? Didn't they ? Why are these parents
allowing their children to spend the night as the guest of anyone they don't know. Do you think maybe these responsible parents had an eye on some cash for allegations of impropriety. Now that's truly despicable.

hello friend,
here is the address of Michael Jackson's accusser Gavin Arvizo, He's the one that had cancer and Michael paid for all his treatments and saved his life, them him and his family accused Michael of child molestation.
They dragged him throught court and caused all Michaels depression , even after Michael was founf innocent the media never dropped it .
Gavin is responsible for that .
He should come foward now and admit that he lied, just like Jordy Chandler did after his father commited suicide from the guilt/ karma.
here's his address, spread it around on as many sites as you can so everyone will write him and tell him to CONFESS THAT HE LIED ON MICHAEL.
GAVIN ARVIZO
GEORGIA MILITARY COLLEGE
ATLANTA CAMPUS
320 W. BROAD STREET
FAIEBURN GA 30213.
LETS NOT LEAVE HIM ALONE UNTIL HE CONFESSES , LET'S MAKE HIS LIFE MISERABLE ,LIKE HE DID TO MICHAEL...THANKS

Jesus was right. The tongue is a fiery member that we can't tame. Your comments are a reminder of how reprobate you are. You need to be careful how you judge, criticize and persecute another person. There was nothing wrong with Michael and you better be careful how you slander his name. May what you have said about Michael come back upon your head.